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Allison Wood MSW Clinical Specialist, BSW, MSW, RSW
Offers
Virtual appointments only
- Social Worker
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am
-
12:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
Allison has more than 20 years of experience as a clinical social worker and specializes in women's mental health issues related to reproductive life transitions e.g. perinatal period, perimenopause and menopause. Issues Allison works with include postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, birth trauma, grief re: miscarriage and infant loss, and pregnancy related mental health issues. Allison also works with women experiencing symptoms related to perimenopause and menopause that are impacting their daily lives.
Conditions
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Loneliness
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Education
- 1992-1996- B.A. Honors Psychology Mt. Allison University
- 1996-1998 BSW York University
- 2000-2001- MSW Wilfrid Laurier University
Professional associations
- Nova Scotia College of Social Workers #1815
Facility Information
Nest Therapy Perinatal Counselling and Psychotherapy
Summary
Allison Wood has been a clinical social worker for over 20 years and has extensive experience in the areas of perinatal mental health. Allison provides virtual psychotherapy for concerns such as postpartum and pregnancy depression/anxiety/OCD, adjustment to becoming a parent, infant and pregnancy loss, fertility challenges, parenting young children, relationship issues and birth trauma.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am
-
4:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am
-
12:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
